Albert Lea teen pleads guilty in second of 5 car break-ins
Lah Soe / Freeborn County Jail, Oct. 2024
(ABC 6 News) – An Albert Lea teenager pleaded guilty to one of four charges of tampering with a motor vehicle in Freeborn County Court Friday.
Lah Soe, 19, was previously arrested Feb. 15 and pleaded guilty to “going through” Albert Lea cars for valuables the same day.
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Three days after that arrest and conviction, Soe was arrested and charged with the exact same crime.
He was arrested and charged with two counts of tampering with a motor vehicle March 3, followed by another arrest and charge May 28.
Soe pleaded guilty to a previous tampering charge from Jan. 22, in exchange for the dismissal of the Feb. 18-May 28 charges.
He was immediately sentenced to 1 year of probation and ordered to complete cognitive skills training and “theft programming.”
If Soe does not complete this probation without incident, he could be re-sentenced to 90 days, according to court documents.